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Our car broke down. We missed our plane because of this.

A. It was due to the car broke down that we missed our plane

B. It was because the car broke down that we missed our plane

C. It is the car broke down that we missed our plane

D. It is due to the car that broke down that we missed our plane

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Tom wore so many warm clothes. This was not necessary.

A. Tom did not need to wear so many warm clothes

B. Tom needn’t wear so many warm clothes

C. Tom needn’t have worn so many warm clothes

D. Tom wore so many warm clothes which was not necessary

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combine this pair of sentences in the following questions.

Sam was all ready to leave the office. The phone rang.

A. Sam was on the point of leaving the office when the phone rang. 

B. Sam was bound to leave the office when the phone rang.

C. Sam was about to leave the office then the phone rang.

D. Sam was leaving the office as soon as the phone rang.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate that best combine this pair of sentences in the following questions.

Laura didn’t come to the class yesterday. This made me surprised

A. Laura didn’t come to the class yesterday, that made me surprised. 

B. Laura didn’t come to the class yesterday, which made me surprised.

C. Laura didn’t come to the class yesterday which made me surprised.

D. Laura didn’t come to the class yesterday when made me surprised.

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She didn’t want to leave the room. She was afraid that she would miss the beginning of the film

A. She didn’t want to leave the room because she missed the beginning of the film.

B. She didn’t want to leave the room for fear that missing the beginning of the film

C. She didn’t want to leave the room for fear of missing the beginning of the film

D. She didn’t want to leave the room so that she would miss the beginning of the film

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Many people criticized me yesterday. I objected to this

A. I objected to many people criticized me yesterday

B. I objected to many people being criticized yesterday

C. I did not approve of many people criticized yesterday

D. I objected to being criticized by many people yesterday

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It was an interesting novel. I stayed up all night to finish it

A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel so it was interesting

B. Unless it was an interesting novel, I would not stay up all night to finish it

C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it

D. So interesting was the novel that I stayed up all night to finish it

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“I spoke slowly. The foreigner could understand me.”

A. I spoke slowly so that the foreigner could understand me

B. I spoke slowly in order to the foreigner could understand me

C. I spoke slowly that the foreigner could understand me

D. I spoke slowly to make the foreigner could understand me

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Alex bought the big house. He wanted to open a restaurant 

A. Alex bought the big house although he wanted to open a restaurant

B. Alex bought the big house with a view to opening a restaurant

C. Alex bought the big house in order to want to open a restaurant

D. Alex bought the house as long as he wanted to open a restaurant